It’s time for another rollout – with the newest version of the Airbus A350 rolling out of the assembly shop for the first time – the A350-1000
The Airbus A350-1000 rolled out for the first time – Image, Airbus (via Twitter).
So what’s new? As you can probably guess and see – the A350-1000 is a stretch of the A350-900 that is currently in service with various airlines around the word.
At 74 metres long, it’s designed to seat 366 passengers in a three-class configuration on an 8,000 mile mission (although exact seat layouts will be with the actual airlines). High capacity versions can put this t 440 passengers.
You’ll notice the plane is missing something rather important – two Rolls Royce Trent engines. These will be fitted at a later stage with Trent XWB-97 engines to power the plane.
Orders currently exist for 181 Airbus A350-1000s, spread across various operators.
Flight testing of the A350-1000 is due to commence in September.
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That plane is way long! From this view, it looks like the wings are beyond the center of gravity… can’t wait to see those RR Trents on her. That’s 1 sharp looking bird!!